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Life

Born: December 29, 1880, Ociesc, Poland

Died: May 11, 1946. Buried in St. Bronislava Catholic Cemetery, Plover WI

Biography Ca. 1889, began to study piano with his older brother Alexander, who was an organist and music teacher in Radzanowo, After high school, studied organ with Rev. Eugene Gruberski. (in Plock?);1901 became organist at St. Joseph's Church in Lodz. Studied at the Hochschule für katholische Kirchenmusik in Regensburg. 1904-1906 under Haberl, Renner and Haller; in Munich 1906-08 under Motyl, Thule, Glut and Reger. Came to US in 1908. Married Pearl Kierzenkowska (American, 1887-1968) Nov. 29, 1908. Served as organist in Chicago, Kenosha, Milwaukee (St. Casimir, 1914-1919), Detroit and settled in Plover, WIsconsin in 1923, where he became organist in St. Bronislava Parish, where he dedicated a new organ in 1932 and served until his death.. Wrote over 500 compositions (including 3 operas), mostly unpublished. Usually went by "Eugene" in the US.

List of sacred works

• Asperges me (from Op. 70
• Ave Maria, Op. 48, SATB org. Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
• Ave Maria, TTBB (by 1930)
• 29 Church Compositions (Part 1 & 2, SA org; Part 3, TTBB (org)) Stevens Point, WI: St. Peters Conference, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 1948 (1944, 1941)
• Ecce sacerdos, Op. 10/2 SATB org
• Missa in honorem S. Antonii de Padua, TTB org
• Mass in honor of SS. Cyril and Methodius, SATB org. Plover, WI. (Rte. 2 Box 3): Moniuszko Music Publishing, 1926
• Missa in honorem St. Casimir, op. 6, 1-4 vv. Chicago : B.J. Zalewski,1911 LC
• Missa in honorem St. Ceciliae, Op. 70, TTBB org, Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1910
• Missa in honorem Beate Mariae Virginis de Czerwinsk, Op. 41, 2-pt, org, Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911 LC
• Missa in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis de Czestochowa, Op. 46 SATB org, Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
• Missa in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo, SA(TB) org. Plover WI: Fr. Pawlowski Sr., 1931 (contains Asperges and Vidi Aquam)
• Missa in honorem Sanctae Hedwigis Reginae viduae, Op. 40, SATB org. Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911 LC
• Missa in honorem Sanctae Caeciliae, Op.70. TTBB org. Chicago: B. J. Zalewski, 1910
• Missa in honorem St. Hyacinthi Conf., Op. 39, SATB org. Chicago: A Kwasigroch, 1913
• Missa in hon. Sancti Isadori Agricola e Conf. SATB org. Chicago: Moniuszko Music Publishing 1921
• Missa in honorem Sancti Joannis Apostoli et Evangelistae. Plover WI: Moniszko Music Publishing Co., 1935
• Missa in honorem S. Joannis Cantii Conf. Op. 38, 2-pt org Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1913
• Missa in honorem St. Josaphat Episcopi et Mart Op. 45, 7 mixed voices (SSATTBB), org. Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
• Missa in honorem S. Josephi, sponsi Beate Mariae Virginis , Op 21, 1 voice, org, Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
• Missa in honorem Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, OP. 11, SATB org. Chicago: author, 1909.
• Missa in hon. Sanctissimi Nominis Jesu, TTBB org Plover, WI. : Moniuszko Music Publishing, 1932
• Missa in honorem Sancti Rudolfhi Mart. SATB org Plover, WI. : Moniuszko Music Publishing, 1929
• Misse in honorem Sancti Stanislai Episc. et Mart., Op. 42, 4 mixed or 3 equal voices org Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
• Missa in honorem Sancti Stanislai Kostkae C. Op. 43, 2-part, org. Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
• Missa in honorem S. Theresiae, TTBB org, Ratisbon: Pustet, 1907
• Missa pro defunctis, op. 44, 2-part, org, Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
• Missa pro defunctis, TTB org
• Missa pro defunctis,SATB org, Stevens Point WI, 1944 (LC)
• Offertoria pro ominibus Dominicis et festis majoribus totius anni. SA org Stevens Point, WI: St. Peters Conference, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 1943
• O salutaris, op. 2/1 v, org
• O salutaris, Op.2/4.5 2-pt org.
• [ 5 Pieces] Op. 3. (O Salutaris; Tantum ergo, 2 v org; Veni Creator, TTB org; O Salutaris; Tantum ergo, SAB org.)
• Regina coeli, Op.2/3 2-pt org
• Tantum ergo, op. 2/2, v,org
• Tantum ergo, Op. 2/5.7 2-pt org.
• Veni creator, Op.10/1 SATB org. Chicago: Association of Polish and Lithuanian Organists in America, 1908
• Veni creator, op. 69/1,4 2-pt org.
• Vidi aquam, SATB, LC (from op. 70)

Publications

Bolek, Francis, Who's Who in Polish America. New York: Harbinger House, 1943.

External links

Papers and (manuscript and?) printed scores at the Polish Museum of America, Chicago.

Manuscrits at the Center for the Documentation of Polish Emigration at the "Dom Polonia" in Pułtusk, Poland.

Thanks to Iwona Bozek MLIS, archivist, Polish Museum of America, for assistance in the creation of this page.